Sunday, March 11, 2001

Risks of would-be copper thieves (Re: SETI, RISKS-21.26) Another copper-theft attempt shut down the Rogers@Home cable Internet service in Canada on 8Mar2001 for over 12 hours, although the thieves wound up only with fiber-optic cable carrying Internet traffic to a U.S. backbone. Over 300,000 Ontario subscribers were affected, because of an outdated backup system and a single-point vulnerability. [Source: Vito Pilieci, *The Ottawa Citizen*, 10Mar2001, Rogers@Home: First cut is the deepest. Rogers admits 'rather outdated' network vulnerable to bumbling thieves; PGN-ed http://www.ottawacitizen.com/hightech/010310/5075158.html] [Coppers, robbers, backups, backbones, backhoes, back to basics. PGN] ["Gregory Soo hotmail" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 27] 0:00 # G!